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Portunus pelagicus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Blue swimming crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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China country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 75927, 81326, 111207; M: Ref. 343.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ng, P.K.L., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Portunidae (swimming crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Thuộc về nước lợ; Mức độ sâu 0 - 65 m (Ref. 111223).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 35°N - 15°S, 99°E - 137°E

Sự phân bố Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Indo-West Pacific: from China, Japan and Korea to Philippines and westwards to the straits of Malaccca, also present in the Northern Territory, Australia. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: Lm 6.5, range 6 - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 343)

Short description Hình thái học

Carapace rough to granulose, regions discernible; front with 4 acutely triangular teeth; 9 teeth on each anterolateral margin, the last tooth 2 to 4 times larger than preceding teeth. Chelae elongate in males; larger chela with conical tooth at base of fingers; pollex ridged. Color: males with blue markings, females dull green.

Sinh học     Tự điển (thí dụ epibenthic)

Matures at about 1 year. Collected mainly by artisanal traps, trawls, beach seines, cylindrical wire traps, folding traps, pots, hop nets, drop nets, and sunken crab gill nets. In shallow waters, it is caught using beach seines, rakes, and dab nets. Sold in local markets (fresh or frozen) and for the crab-flesh canning industry. Most widely sold in markets of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines (Ref. 343). Maximum depth from Ref. 801.

Life cycle and mating behavior Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Các trứng | Sự sinh sản | Ấu trùng

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference Các tài liệu tham khảo | Người điều phối | Người cộng tác

Ng, P.K.L. 1998. (Ref. 343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 130554)

Human uses

Các nghề cá: tính thương mại cao
FAO - Nuôi trồng thủy sản: Sản xuất; Các nghề cá: landings, species profile | FishSource | Biển chung quanh ta

Các công cụ

Các nguồn internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Các nghề cá: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Cây Đời sống | Wikipedia (Go, tìm) | Tạp chí Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.1 - 29, mean 27.6 (based on 1324 cells).
Thích nghi nhanh (Ref. 69278) Chiêù cao, thời gian nhân đôi của chủng quần tối thiểu là dưới 15 tháng (K=0.1-3.11).
Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.78 - 1.78, Based on 22 data-limited stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.